1 dead, another wounded in gunfight in west Tuscaloosa

Monday

Jul 15, 2013 at 12:01 AMJul 15, 2013 at 11:50 PM

TUSCALOOSA | One man was killed and another was wounded following a gunfight involving two groups of people in west Tuscaloosa Monday evening.

TUSCALOOSA | One man was killed and another was wounded following a gunfight involving two groups of people in west Tuscaloosa Monday evening.“All we know right now is that two groups of people were engaged in a fight in which shots were fired from each group. One man is deceased and another is injured. That's all we know right now,” said Sgt. Dale Phillips, commander of the Tuscaloosa County Metro Homicide Unit, at about 10:30 p.m. Monday.The shootings occurred at about 8 p.m. in the 1600 block of 43rd Court, a neighborhood that is just south of Stillman Boulevard, according to police.The wounded man arrived DCH Regional Medical Center in a private vehicle and was being treated Monday night for injuries that were not life-threatening, Phillips said. Police used crime-scene tape at the hospital's emergency room entrance drive, where the vehicle was parked, until the car could be towed at about 10:15 p.m.The identities of the dead man and the injured man were not released Monday night. When asked by reporters outside the hospital if the shootings were related to a Friday-night drive-by shooting in which a 4-year-girl was shot in the head and arm while sleeping in her home on 31st Avenue, Phillips said: “It is not related. If it is, it has not come out yet.”No arrests were made immediately.Phillips said he would release more information on the Monday night shootings this morning.